⏳ Temporary status ⏳ Not permanent

nontenure

7.7

Not having a permanent academic job and often on short contracts

adjective
/nɒnˈtɛn.jʊər/

Specialized

: no titular

Many nontenure faculty members face job insecurity each year.

Examples

She accepted a nontenure teaching job at the university.
The college hired several nontenure instructors for the new semester.
She held a nontenure position at the university.
Many nontenure faculty members face job insecurity.
She accepted a nontenure teaching job at the university.
The college hired several nontenure instructors for the new semester.
Many nontenure faculty members face job insecurity each year.

Synonyms

untenured

vsnontenure

Specialized

1 8.1

Not having a permanent job at a university

refers more broadly to that state or things relating to it

nontenured

vsnontenure

Specialized

1 7.2

To not have a permanent job at a college or university

focuses more on academic relation rather than general job insecurity

Antonyms

to tenure

Specialized

2 7.0

To give someone a permanent job at a university

Surface Forms

nontenure positive

Morphology

nontenure = tenure (transparent) = non + tenure

The negative prefix 'non-' is productively added to 'tenure' to mean 'not having tenure', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Nontenure comes from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and tenure, which comes from a root meaning 'to hold' and is seen in words like tenant. So, nontenure describes a job that is not a permanent academic position and often means a temporary or insecure university job.